Feb 23, 1991

Dear Bill,

Your letter has caught up with me here where I am attempting to see a genuine wild Muscovy.

Where is Finsterbusch’s reprint available? If you will give me Dr West’s address I will try to track her down if I get to London again.

I have Crawford’s book, too big but excellent in most cases. I thought his origins lacked ingenuity!

You may want to correspond with

Prof Xiangpin Qiu
Poultry Research Station
Sichuan Ag.University
Yaan Sichuan 625014

He took a Ph D at Iowa in 1946 and contributed to Poultry Breeds in China now sold out. I contacted him re Lion Headed Goose. He had a lot of history of the Muscovy in China and may have something on chicken origin. I had the Muscovy and Goose sections translated but not the information on chickens.

Hope this finds you well and working.

All the best,